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War by parts

September 20, 2008 - 2:49 pm - by Richard Fernandez
fred
2008-09-20 20:39:34

The head of the snake for Islamic militancy is Iran, not Pakistan, however pestilential that country may be. Obama wants to focus on Pakistan, but he fails to disclose the connections he has with prominent Iranians who all want him to keep hands off the Mullahocracy. That is a disastrous policy. Iran can project power in ways Pakistan cannot. Besides, we have Iran pretty well surrounded and it would be the height of stupidity to not deal their nuclear weapons’ program out of the game. I’m not saying Paki Land is unimportant, but weighing our strategic options and relative threats, I think the case can be made that Iran is the big dog that has gotten away with murder for far too long.